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Florida

Contract administration on Florida construction

The contract forms, payment statutes and notice regimes that decide when you get paid and what you have to serve to keep the right.

9 authorities, 9 statutory, 9 free to read.

StatutoryFree to read

Florida Statutes Chapter 255 (Public Property and Publicly Owned Buildings), Chapter 218 Part VII (Local Government Prompt Payment Act) and Section 287.055 (Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act)

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

public payment and performance bonds and their notice regimepublic construction retainagelocal government competitive bid thresholdslocal government prompt payment and punch list procedurequalifications-based selection for design, design-build and construction management

The existing us_fl_lien_prompt_pay authority may cover part of Chapter 218, but the bond, retainage, bid threshold and qualifications-based selection provisions sit outside it and drive the public-sector payment application, cost report and procurement advice.

StatutoryFree to read2025

Florida Statutes chapter 255, Public Property and Publicly Owned Buildings

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

public construction retainage cap and releasepublic payment bonds and their notice regimestate agency payment duties

The retainage cap is the number a small contractor most needs at bid stage, because over-withholding on a public job is recoverable only if someone notices it on a certificate. The $200,000 exclusion matters just as much: below it the statutory protection simply is not there and the contract governs.

StatutoryFree to read

Florida Statutes Chapter 489 (Construction Contracting), with Chapters 471 and 481 (Engineering and Architecture Licensure) and the Board rules at F.A.C. 61G4, 61G15 and 61G1

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

contractor licensing and qualifying agentscertified versus registered scopemandatory contract content and residential noticesdeposits, permit application and commencement clocksmisapplication of construction fundsprofessional licensure and sealing of documents
StatutoryFree to read2025

Florida Statutes chapter 489, part I, Construction Contracting

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

licence number on offers, proposals, bids, contracts and advertisementsresidential recovery fund disclosuredeposits, permit application and start-work clocksinsurance-related repair notices and cancellation rightitemised estimate duty on repair agreements
StatutoryFree to read2025

Florida Statutes chapter 501, part I, including the home solicitation sale provisions

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

home solicitation sale definition and thresholdthree business day cancellation rightcancellation notice on evidence of indebtednessseller duties on cancellation

Whether this applies turns entirely on who initiated the contact, which is a fact the platform already knows from the lead source. That makes it one of the few consumer-protection rules that can be resolved automatically rather than by asking the contractor to self-assess.

StatutoryFree to read2025

Florida Statutes chapter 713, part I, Construction Liens

Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine)

construction lien rights and noticesstatutory waiver and release formssworn statement of accountcontractor's final payment affidavitresidential contract lien law warningpayment of undisputed amounts
StatutoryFree to read

FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 429

Federal Trade Commission

federal three day cancellation right for sales at the buyer's homeprescribed form and duplicate delivery of the notice of cancellationexemptions for repairs, mail and telephone sales

Federal, so it runs alongside the Florida home solicitation right rather than instead of it, and where both apply the contractor must give both notices. A Florida-only cancellation paragraph does not discharge the federal one, which has its own prescribed form. This authority applies identically on the Texas side of the portfolio.

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